As recently as two years years ago, it was difficult to prove if fighters held any grievances against the UFC. Within the last year, however, Reebok swept away what was left of the UFC sponsorship market and Scott Coker took the reigns of Bellator MMA and, with it, Viacom’s budget. It should come as no surprise then, with earnings falling and a legitimate alternative rising, that we’ve seen UFC fighters both past and present display more and more of their frustrations publicly.
Let’s take a look at a selection of such stories from the last ten days.
Le, currently among the plantiff’s in the UFC anti-trust case, relays a couple stories regarding his final years under the Zuffa promotional banner.